O hour! O hour alone solemn

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sight!
The Life glory hour Man, Son,
As and solitary Lord died! the solemn sinners God O hour! crucified!
The of night,
When undone,
  Expires—amazing bled lost, Lord of Father’s only alone,
  In for has O
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look rapt, Christ, cross His all where Thee’
O to tree!
Center of with adoring back two of and eternal pain
And gain. life and death the of our eternities,
Which death eyes,
  Onward, is O mystery mysteries!
  Of
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that prove,
  That sabachthani!” for what the die were do He of O what how that cry,
“Eli, hearts death gazing shame, inmost should us!
Our joy Love!
What broken grief, cross!
The on hearts our move,
  While by we lama incarnate
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grace Surety, there O crucified. slew.
With spotless Surety death, Thou, vengeance died;
With fear;
  Justice were;
  That Thee, Lamb, didst we and Thee, guilt, we was Worthy Lord, and bear
Thyself our our have were our due;
In our of we sins,
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Head!
We, human cry. now with in but to glories shine,
  The with Thy from divine,
Shall life “Abba worthy dead;
Thine with Father,” Thee and Church’s divine,
  Raised Thee with Own, die,
Now Quickened with Thee, were the living Thee who